Reply #11: No, the real reason Cole thinks Cheney wanted war with Iraq is...

[Larkspur]

in the last 2 paragraphs.

What was in it for Cheney? I don't think it was a matter of money. At least I hope it wasn't...

I suspect it is political. Not all corporations make money on war. Some actually lose money. But Halliburton, Bechtel and a few other components of the Military Industrial Complex do benefit from war. Strengthening that sector of the American economy strengthens the political Right. Turning the Republic into a praetorian state would permanently yield profits for the military industrial complex in such a way as to create a permanent Republican dominance of all the branches of the US government.

The real goal of invading Iraq -- strenghtening the grip of the Reichwing over the US government. Alas! Democrats, who voted for the war, whether they knew of this ulterior goal or not, helped tightend the noose around our democracy's neck.